Dirigible headlight.



A. C. HENDRY.

DRIGIBLB HEADLIGHT,

APPLICATION FILED A1 R.2,1912` moe/VHS Patented Dec. 9, 1913.

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Specicatiou of Letters Patent.

atented Dec. 9, 1913.

Application led pril 2, 1912. Serial li'o. 687,965.

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lle it knovvnthat l, Anuncia C. Henner, a citisen of f the United States, and a resident otllarperslield, in the 'county of Delaware and State of 'New York, have invented a new andlli'nproved Dirigible Headlight, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. i

- This invention relates to apparatus for connecting a headlight or headlights to a moving vehicle of'any description, having particular reference, however, to the headlights on automobiles whereby at least one el the lights will be causedautoniatically to be steered in unison with the steering apparatus of' the vehicle so as to illuminate the roadway in the direction in which the vehicle is to be operated at a turn.

Automobiles, as usually constructed, are provided With several. headlights, some, of

which inay be equipped with this improve-` nient for the purpose set forth, and others,

if desired,may be provided with stationary i inountings so that a portion of the light may be directed substantially in line with the vehicle, body.'

The invention consists in the peculiar fea-v tures ol construction hereinafter fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which*- l 'Figure l is a plan view of the improvenient in the position which it occupies when attached `to an automobile frame; and Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of said traine and indicating the device in elevation," the vievv'being substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. l.

ln carrying this improvement into practice, l provide a minimum number of sepa rate parts which are adapted to be connected to practically every Well known type of automobile, the only tools required 4'tor the purpose being those ordinarily carried in this .aut'oniobile kit. Furthermore, the con struction is such that it is not likely to.- be- 'come out el order or interfered with by the ordinary operation of the machine.

'I mobile is connected 'a bracket or lug 1l, into fthefvertical. eye or bore of which the usual" ,aateiat only he attained rer 18 having a series of videa lever 13 and pivot it at a point iut mediate its ends on said lug l1 by means of a. bolt 14e. The lainp yoke l2 is connected rigidly at l5 to one end of said lever 13, so that the lamp will swing bodily with the lever around the pivot let.

At 16 is indicated a conventional steering knuckle and l clamp thereto, between the knuckle and the connecting bar 17, a plate holes 18a. The said plate 18, by means or' a U-bolt 19, may be secured at-any suitable distance from .the axis 20' of the knuckle. Arod 21 is connect ed at one end to the plate 18 by means of the other end to the .l

an eye-holt' 22 and at lever 13 bymeanslof an eye-bolt 23, the latter being adapted to be secured in any one ofA a series of 'holes 13a in said lever. By virtue ofsaidseries of holes 13 and 185, a large latitude of adjustments is possible according to various quirenents.'

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

machines or special ren e rh@ herein described dingen@ mangia i coniprising, in combination, a stationary frame bracket, 'a lever pivoted in a horizontal plane on said bracket on-a vertical axis and having at one end a series of holes, a lamp yoke `carried rigidly/.and bodily at lthe other end of said lever, a steering knuckle, a horizontal plate connected to said knuckle and adjustable toward or fromv the axis of said'knuckle, said plate extending 'to- Ward the aforesaid lever but in a plane below the plane of the lever and having-a series of holes, a connected respectively in any of said'bar and lever holes, and an upwardly inclined connecting bar having loose pivotal con* neotion with said eye bolts, substantially as and for the purposes set :tort-h. A

lin testimony whereof l have signed my .na/nie -to this specification in vthe presence of two subscribingvwitnesses.

y assistono. Henner,

lVtTitnesses:

C. Humour, Fauna Scorie e canta each, 'by addressing; the f tlonmlssloner et Patents,

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